THE MOMMY

Last week I saw a beautiful and funny movie, the mommy, that is the thirt part, it is an action with a little comedy movie. In the newspaper say that is a great movie, actually has five starts.

First is important ti say a little about the laast movie, the first one it is about mommies and how they want to be the kings of the world, the second one is the same and this movie was done in egypt that is a perfect place for the story.

The new movie is about the same but in china, and in this case is not mommies like everybody knows, long time ago China had a bad emperor, we can say that he was the worst, for that a witch made him be under a spell and never anybody can wake up the emperor. In this movie a family wake up the emperor and they dearcho and find the form to leave all as before.

I think that the movie is great, but the last one is better, always when the writer decides to do a movie and wants to do the continue, needs to have a point and i think that in this movie the writer lost that, this is not an action movie, now is a comedy movie.

JAMAICA

Jamaica is an island country and of the Greater Antilles, 240 km long and up to 80 km wide, located in the Caribbean Sea. Está a 630 km del continente centroamericano , a 150 km al sur de Cuba ya 180 km al oeste de la isla de La Española , en la que están Haití y la República Dominicana. It is 630 km from the mainland in Central America, 150 km south of Cuba and 180 km west of the island of Spanish, which are Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Ethnic origins

Jamaica's population consists mainly of people of African descent, comprising over 90% of the demographics. There are 90,000 East Indians who make up 3.2% of the population. Over 33,000 White people (mostly composed of 26,000 British, Irish, and German Jamaicans) make up 1.2% of the population. 70,000 Chinese make up 2.5% of the population, and over 20,000 Lebanese make up 0.7% of the population. Multiracial Jamaicans make up 6.2% of the population. Immigration has been rising from Cuba, Colombia, and other Latin American countries; 8,000 Latin Americans currently reside in Jamaica. 7,000 Americans also reside in Jamaica, most of whom are part of the White demographics.

Language

The official language of Jamaica is English. Informally Jamaican Patois more commonly spoken by a majority of the population. Although British English or "The Queen's English" is the most obvious influence on patois, it includes words and syntax from various African languages other European languages (Spanish, Portuguese, and French); Pre-Columbian Caribbean languages; and Asian languages (Hindi, Hakka and Cantonese), evidence of historical admixture. In general, patois differs from English in pronunciation, grammar, nominal orthography and syntax, having many intonations to indicate meaning and mood.

Religion

Christians make up 65.3% of Jamaica's population, with the majority being Protestant, partly due to the influence of the Christian leadership in the British Anti-Slavery Society, and the later influence of abolitionist denominations from the U.S. In spite of resistance by the slave owners, the Christian faith spread rapidly as British Christian abolitionists and educated former slaves joined local Jamaican Christian leaders in the struggle against slavery. Today, the five largest denominations in Jamaica are: Church of God, Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist, Pentecostal and Anglican.
The Rastafari movement was founded in Jamaica. This Back to Africa movement believes that Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was God incarnate, the returned black messiah, come to take the lost Twelve Tribes of Israel back to live with him in Holy Mount Zion in a world of perfect peace, love and harmony. Bob Marley, a convert to the faith, spread the message of Rastafari to the world. There are now estimated to be more than a million Rastafarians throughout the world.
Other non-Christian religions in Jamaica include Bahá'í, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism. There is also a small population of Jews, about 200, who describe themselves as Liberal-Conservative. The first Jews in Jamaica trace their roots back to early 15th century Spain and Portugal.

Culture

Though a small nation, Jamaica is rich in culture, and has a strong global presence. The musical genres reggae, ska, mento, rocksteady, dub, and, more recently, dancehall and ragga all originated in the island's vibrant, popular urban recording industry. Jamaica also played an important role in the development of punk rock, through reggae and ska. Reggae has also influenced American rap music, as they both share their roots as rhythmic, African styles of music. Some rappers, such as the Notorious B.I.G.,Doug E. Fresh, and Heavy D were of Jamaican descent. Internationally known reggae musician Bob Marley was born in Jamaica and is very respected there. Many other internationally known artists were born in Jamaica including Rebelution Lee "Scratch" Perry, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Big Youth, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, Desmond Dekker, Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, Shaggy, Grace Jones, Shabba Ranks, Supercat, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, I Wayne, Capleton, Bounty Killer and many others. Famous band artist groups that came from Jamaica include Black Uhuru, Third World Band, Inner Circle, Chalice Reggae Band, Culture, Fab Five, and Morgan Heritage. The genre jungle emerged from London's Jamaican diaspora. The birth of hip-hop in New York also owed much to the city's Jamaican community.
Ian Fleming, who lived in Jamaica, repeatedly used the island as a setting in the James Bond novels, including Live and Let Die, Doctor No, For Your Eyes Only, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy. In addition, James Bond uses a Jamaica-based cover in Casino Royale. So far, the only Bond film to have been set in Jamaica is Doctor No. However, filming for the fictional island of San Monique in Live and Let Die took place in Jamaica.
The American film Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise, is one of the most popular films to depict Jamaica. A look at delinquent youth in Jamaica is presented in the 1970s cops-and-robbers musical film The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff as a frustrated (and psychopathic) reggae musician who descends into a murderous crime spree.
Errol Flynn lived with his third wife Patrice Wymore in Port Antonio in the 1950s. He was responsible for developing tourism to this area, popularising raft trips down rivers on bamboo rafts.

Sport

Jamaicans, in general, have a large interest in sports. Cricket, Football (soccer), athletics and horse-racing are several popular sports. The Jamaican national cricket team competes regionally, and also provides players for the West Indies. The national football team qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Jamaican athletics have been well represented at the Olympics, World Championships and other major athletics events over the years with leading athletes obtaining medals. Usain Bolt, world record holder in the 100m for men at 9.69s, and 200m for men at 19.30s is among a rich heritage of Jamaican sprinters to compete on the world stage. They have also boasted athletes such as Delloreen Ennis-London, Veronica Campbell, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell. The Jamaica national bobsled team was once a serious contender in the Winter Olympics, beating many well-established teams.
There is a notable amount of golf in Jamaica, but it appears to be focused on the international tourism market.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt of Jamaica won three gold medals and broke the World Records for the 100 and 200 meters sprint races respectively. 400 m hurdler Melaine Walker, won a gold medal and broke the Olympic record time in her event. Veronica Campbell-Brown successfully defended her 200 m title when she claimed gold. Shelly-Ann Fraser won gold in the women's 100 m sprint, with her team mates Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson coming in joint second for two silver medals. The Jamaican men's 4 x 100 metres relay team consisting of Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter passed the finishing line in a World Record time of 37.10 seconds. This was 0.3 seconds quicker than the previous record set by the American relay team in 1992 and 1993, the margin is equivalent to three metres. Overall, the Jamaican 2008 Olympics team finished with a rank of 13 out of 204 competing nations. The 11 medals consisted of 6 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze.

Education

The emancipation of the slaves heralded in the establishment of the Jamaican education system for the masses. Prior to emancipation there were few schools for educating locals. Many sent their children off to England to access quality education.
After emancipation the West Indian Commission granted a sum of money to establish Elementary Schools, now known as All Age Schools. Most of these schools were established by the churches. This was the genesis of the modern Jamaican school system:
Presently the following categories of schools exist:
Early childhood – Basic, Infant and privately operated pre- school. Age cohort – 1 – 5 years.
Primary – Publicly and privately owned (Privately owned being called Preparatory Schools). Ages 5 – 10 years.
Secondary – Publicly and privately owned. Ages 10 – 18 years. The high schools in Jamaica may be either single-sex or co-educational institutions, and many schools follow the traditional English grammar school model used throughout the British West Indies.
Tertiary - Community Colleges, Teachers’ Colleges with The Mico Teachers' College(now The MICO University College) being the oldest founded in 1836, Vocational Training Centres, Colleges and Universities - Publicly and privately owned. There are five local universities namely: The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus); the University of Technology, Jamaica formerly The College of Art Science and Technology (CAST); the Northern Caribbean University; the University College of The Caribbean and the International University of the Caribbean. Additionally there are many teacher training and who is community colleges.
Education is free from the early childhood to secondary levels. There are also opportunities for those who cannot afford further education in the vocational arena through the Human Employment and Resource Training-National Training Agency (HEART Trust-NTA) programme and through an extensive scholarship network for the various universities.

Economy

Jamaica is a mixed economy with state enterprises as well as private sector businesses. Major sectors of the Jamaican economy include agriculture, mining, manufacturing, tourism and financial and insurance services. Tourism and mining are the leading foreign exchange earners.
Supported by multilateral financial institutions, Jamaica has, since the early 1980s, sought to implement structural reforms aimed at fostering private sector activity and increasing the role of market forces in resource allocation. Since 1991, the Government has followed a programme of economic liberalization and stabilization by removing exchange controls, floating the exchange rate, cutting tariffs, stabilising the Jamaican currency, reducing inflation and removing restrictions on foreign investment. Emphasis has been placed on maintaining strict fiscal discipline, greater openness to trade and financial flows, market liberalisation and reduction in the size of government. During this period, a large share of the economy was returned to private sector ownership through divestment and privatisation programmes.
The macroeconomic stabilisation programme introduced in 1991, which focused on tight fiscal and monetary policies, has contributed to a controlled reduction in the rate of inflation. The annual inflation rate has decreased from a high of 80.2% in 1991 to 7.9% in 1998. inflation for FY1998/99 was 6.2% compared to 7.2% in the corresponding period in CUU1997/98. The Government of Jamaica remains committed to lowering inflation, with a long-term objective of bringing it in line with that of its major trading partners.After a period of steady growth from 1985 to 1995, real GDP decreased by 1.8% and 2.4% in 1996 and 1997, respectively. The decrease in GDP in 1996 and 1997 was largely due to significant problems in the financial sector and, in 1997, a severe island-wide drought (the worst in 70 years) that drastically reduced agricultural production. In 1997, nominal GDP was approximately J$220,556.2 million (US$6,198.9 million based on the average annual exchange rate of the period).

PERSONAL DATENAME: Karen Moreno
ADRESS: Calle 163 No 62-95 Torre 4 Apt 908 Balcones de San Esteban
TELEPHONE: 3107695499

DATE OF BIRTH: Cucuta October 2 of 1987

STUDIES SECUNDARY Highschool
College Santa Mariana de JesusBogotá, 2000 - 2005
UNIVERSITY Sabana UniversityFaculty of psychology
VI SemesterPractice in clinical psychology
Seminary of Consumideiror psychology
Sabana University .2005

ABILITIES I can to make your organization a good quality and effectiveness in the area is assigned to me, I am a responsible person and adaptable for this job because I have commitment and desire to work in his company.

A BLACK PRESIDENT???

If we take into account all indications, Americans will have to undergo a test case and clarify whether they are willing to accept a man of color as president. Despite the conservatism that can reign in the heart of many American families, it is true that the U.S. is prepared to accept an African American to reach the White House, the problem is that the country is not ready to ignore the racial tensions that have marked decades of history. “Me llamaron Barack, afortunado, porque pensaban que, en una América tolerante, el nombre no es obstáculo para el éxito, y me imaginaron yendo a las mejores escuelas, aunque no eran ricos, porque en una América generosa no hay que ser rico para desarrollar lo que uno tiene dentro”, declaró recientemente para la revista Times.
What the surveys say?
However, looking at all the surveys carried out over the months, it seems that race is less important than sex (referring Hillary Clinton vs. Barak Obama). An analysis by CNN[i] says that 76 percent of Americans would accept a person of color in office, while 63 percent would support a woman president. Well, up here all right, but it is true that not everyone says what he thinks and that in this country, not just the "whites" have decision-making power.

Still, it's impossible to avoid comments like "this country has always been controlled by a white America is too racist to accept a black as president." Above all, such statements are made between the Hispanic electorate, for cultural references that has never find a common point with African Americans.

Obama has moved away from more radical positions, such as those adopted at its day as referring Marthin Luther King and Malcolm X. With this determination, the senator from Illinois has tried to make clear that if he became president, the color of their skin does not play any role in making decisions regarding racial issues are concerned.

By Catalina Delgado, Tatiana Granados and Karen Moreno

Problem Solution Essay

AGING

Since the first contact of a baby in a family core, we can find specific roles like the father, the mother, the brothers and other new participants as the pet, someone that helps in the house service or the grandfathers. If we think in the generality, again we can find an organization like the showed before, but with more people and different speeches or works, plus a lot of “grandfathers” that we called the old people. Nevertheless, the history only be thankful with the old people for this past action or discovers; in this moment they represent a minority in the opinion and a majority in population. The truth is that in fact to be functional to the society, we denied the normal human ageing and force to a rejection of that image of big adult that lose the strength and the hope to live without problems.
It’s very hard to convince an adolescent to believe in a peaceful life with all the goals that we dream completed in our oldness if all the things can be reached being youth or early adult. On the other hand, unfortunately the comparison between an person that starts to be adult and one that begin to be old shows disadvantages for the second; even more if we made a relation with two old persons, would leave harmed the one that shows more number or most difficult problems has. In order to represent that difference better, I think in an example to notice how we choose the perspective about ageing. Then we flip a coin, the answer can be only to options, heads or tails. With the ageing happen the same, but the options should be the development theory or the capitalism influence. The first option presents the good side of accept the natural process, with the principal faculty that all the society give to the big adults, the wisdom. The experience and the knowledge adquired across the time are behaviours that can’t be imitated and the speech is full of feelings and certainty, characteristics like this are those that give a real value to arrive at old phase, and if we also added the miracle of the lineage and share the life with a boy (to be able to have grandsons), the popular phrase fits “is necessary live it to count it”.
Although we have the second option, that guide us to the massive communication slogan “the youth is the key to be successful”; only if we have a good appearance and follow the prototypes of the anxious socioeconomic life that governs in the epoch, can be recognized. For that reason, an old man that has physical decrease or some kind of illness is put far of the work. With time, this person starts to disturb the life style of the other family members and with sadness, finish in a retirement house, a psychiatric center or worse, the street. It’s complicated to not have fear about a future that brings pain and solitude; and the possible solution is try to become in a mad mix of youth and oldness or die.
It is necessary to cross a very long way to break with the paradigms about the aging, but I know that a mature and positive person forehead to the life will recognize the beauty to watch back and to see the tread of her work, without regretting not being what was.

By: Catalina Delgado, Tatiana Granados and Karen Moreno

Marriage

What do you think about marriage? A long time ago, marriage was considered more important than now, because people are engaged with each other, actually nobody has the time for a family.

Marriage is a union of two people who want to be together to share their lives for ever after that they think about children because it is an important thing to star a family.

Most women think that marriage is necessary for life, this is a dream for them but on the other hand, most men think that the marriage is a bad idea because for them is better to be single with out commitments.

Not all people are ready for marriage, when you get married you get a lot of responsibilities, life has radical change, If you did not enjoy your life before then nor now.

Finally, we recommend marriage because you need to be together and have a beautiful family, but you need to be ready for this decision so you never break away.
By: Karen Moreno

SHREK

Shrek is a comedy animation movie for children, it have topics about family, adventure, romance and fantasy, the movie was filmed in United states, but it is set in “Far far away” that is a kingdom where all fairy tales princess live, and the swamp where Shrek lives. Shrek (the movie) have two directors: Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and the main actors and actresses who recorded the voices for the characters of the movie are: Mike Myers (Shrek), Eddy Murphy (Donkey) and Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona).

The story concerns Shrek’s life, he is a green ogre who likes to live alone in his swamp, if he just saw someone or something near his house he scare him or it, he takes mud showers, and wash his teeth’s with dirt. On the other side of the story is donkey (the typical children stories donkey) who is locked in a cage by his owner who wants to sale him to a circus, so donkey achieved to escape and run trough the forest where Shrek was waking, they meet but the difference between them is that Donkey wanted to follow Shrek, but Shrek doesn’t want to be with Donkey, the only thing Shrek wanted to do was recover his swamp, so Donkey and Shrek go to a king’s palace to do it. Just were it is expected all people was afraid about Shrek´s presence so the king give him a mission, that is bring princess Fiona from a far away tower guarded by a dragon, Shrek accepted the offer and Donkey accompany him, they arrive and found princess Fiona, but it was a problem because they have to move from one place to another near dead, and have a lot of adventures during the film, at the end of the story Shrek and Fiona fall in love and Donkey also find a girlfriend who is the dragon of the tower, that result to be a girl dragon.

Shrek the movie is an excellent film, it is one of the best comedies for children and is also a parody about society and fairy tales, they show another side of the fairy tale characters, like their true personalities and different situations, it have so much argument, is not only one story, there are a lot of funny stories in one single movie, and the characters are so different one from another, there are no similarity between any character.

I recommend this movie, just go to the video store and ask for the best animation film, it is definitively a classical.

By: Tatiana Granados

Opinion Essay

Hallowen

Nowdays all around the world there are a lot of holidays, but one of the most important and most celebrated for children is hallowen. Why is this day so amusing for children?

To begin with children mascarade with the favourite heroes and go with their parents about the streets and malls, children go trick or treatingto receive many candies. All over the world hallowen is celebrated on October 31ºst .

On the other hand, adults drees up as princesses, thinker bell, nurse, adam and eve, sherk and princesses fionas, pirates, gatuelas etc,. For instance in Colombia people use rude costumes.

In addition hallowen song is very disagree because has subliminal messages for children from that they make bad things.

However, adults dont have hallowen ghosts as if chikdren were, they think only drinkings and dancing.

My opinion is that hallowen is the most important day for children and other people, because in this day all the people funny and crazy

By. Catalina Delgado

Opinio Essay

“Mother´s Day”
Nowdays, all around the world there are a lot of holidays, but one of the most important and most celebrated is Mother´s day. Why do people choose one day to recognize the love they feel for their mother´s? Let´s see:
To begin with, Mother´s day is a day that people spend to honour their mothers. This day is celebrated in many places but in different days of the year because in every country this can change. For example, in Ireland and the United Kingdom Mother´s day is called Mothering Sunday, and it is celebrated three weeks before Easter Sunday. In the United States it is celebrated on the second Sunday in May, this is the same say in Colombia.
But, it doesn´t matter the day of the celebration. All the people have this festive day in honour of the most beautiful woman in the world, their mother. For example, recently in china they celebrate Mother´s day in honour to Meng Mu the mother of Meng Zi. In many western countries people honour the virgin.
My opinion is that, this day is very important because mothers are the most wonderful that a human can have. Besides I think that this day should be celebrated everyday in honour to all mothers.
Finally, I think all the celebrations are done with love and have great meaning for people since they convenes the collective spirit of a community.

By: Tatiana Granados

The Titanic

Back grownd

It was april 10, 1912. The British Luxury "Liner" Titanic was sailing from southampton to New York. The ship weighed 46.000 tons. It was the first journey and captain Smith was sailing the ship. It was very big and luxurious, everybody knew the liner was unsinkable because of this 16 waterlight compartments. There were more than 2.220 passengers.

Main points of plot

Many rich people including the american milliovaire Benjamin Guggenheim were on board. Some poor inmigrantsfrom irland were also traveling to america in search of a better life. Two days later, just before midnight, the ship was traveling too fast at a speed of 22 knots. Suddenly, it "struck" an iceberg and "punctured" five of the compartments. The ship sank in less than three hours. Unluckly, 1513 people died because there were not enought lifeboats for everybody.

General comments

Even today grandparents remember sad stories related ti this tragic accident. For example, they tell how captain Smith stayed in the ship and the band kept on playing whike it was sinking. In september 1985 an american-french scientific expedition located the titanic was approximately 370 milles from the coast of new foundland. it was 75% intact.

Recommendation

My opinion this movie is very interesting for all people, in adition the most expectors told that this film was important for captains, because they said that God don´t important for this board nothing.

By

Catalina Delgado

Hoja de Vida

PERSONAL DATE
NAME: TATIANA ANDREA GRANADOS FRANCO
ADRESS: Calle 144 No 27ª -45 Bosques de la provincia
TELEPHONE: (091) 6240292 /3104486589
DATE OF BIRTH: Cajica March 13 of 1984

STUDIES


SECUNDARY Highschool
College san Luis de la Policia Nacional
Bogotá, 1991- 2001

UNIVERSITY Sabana University
Faculty of psychology
Specialization in clinical psychology VIII Semester
Practice in clinical psychology

First International Seminary of psicofarmacologia
Chía – Cundinamarca - 2005.

Seminary of intervention of crisis
Sabana University .2006







ABILITIES
I can to make your organization a good quality and effectiveness in the area is assigned to me, I am a responsible person and adaptable for this job because I have commitment and desire to work in his company.




PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


Foundation FIDES
Coordination for this event January 2007/ January 2008

Hoja de Vida

PERSONAL DATE

Name: Maria catalina Delgado Bohórquez

Date of Birth: Santa fe de Bogotá

ID: 1.072.640.126

Phone Numbers: 8617665 - 3134905117

Adrees: Carrera 16ª # 11-45 casa 44




STUDIES

Primary: Centro educativo siglo XXI

Secundary: Colegio Celestin Freinet

University: Faculty of Psichology
Universidad de la Sabana
VIII Semester


PROFILE

I consider a woman organization, responsable, carefully and great ability to addapting to differents changes.Excellent professional in my area of knowledge as in the education psichology and clinical psichology. I am proyecting in the company for differents problems and resolve of the major solution.

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Phone Number: 313456 9768


Name: Andrés cordoba

Phone Number: 3103350731





FAMILY REFERENCES

Name: Álvaro Bohórquez D.

Emploiment: Abogado

Phone Number: 2688745


Name: Mercedes León Domínguez

Emploiment: Periodista

Phone Number: 2678479

Canada vs Colombia

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest.
The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of additional provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom, highlighted by the Statute of Westminster in 1931, and culminating in the Canada Act in 1982 which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament.A federation now comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. Technologically advanced and industrialized, Canada maintains a diversified economy that is heavily reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship.

Colombia officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country located in Northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil;to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea; to the north-west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth largest in South America (after Brazil, Argentina, and Peru), with an area more than twice that of France. It also has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest in South America, after Brazil.
Colombia is a standing middle power with the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico. It is also one of the largest manufacturers in South America. Colombia is very ethnically diverse, and the interaction between descendants of the original native inhabitants, Spanish colonisers, African slaves and twentieth-century immigrants from Europe and the Middle East has produced a rich cultural heritage. This has also been influenced by Colombia's incredibly varied geography. The majority of the urban centres are located in the highlands of the Andes mountains, but Colombian territory also encompasses Amazon rainforest, tropical grassland and both Caribbean and Pacific coastlines. Ecologically, Colombia is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world.

I think that living in a large city is very interesting, I have always lived in a large city and I know that living in a large city have many advantages and it’s important for living comfortably.In the first place, when you live in a large city you have many opportunities for working; also you can meet more people, go to many tourist and cultural place, you can go shopping in many different malls, and a very important fact is that a large city is safer than a small city. For example, you can access to more working opportunities because there are more companies and factories, also when you go to a pub or a disco you can make friends by meeting people. In Bogotá, for example, you can choose to go to Santafé Mall or Centro Chia Mall; also you will find that in this city there are many places where the army or the police make presence. Secondly, in a large city there is technology and more options for choosing such as food, clothes and other objects. On the other hand, some people think that living in a large city is very stressful because there is pollution, traffic, and things are very expensive. Besides, they say that in a large city you don’t have good friends because there are a lot of people that are more independent and don’t care for nature, like animals, plants and environment.But I disagree with those ideas, for example, because if you live in a large city you will be able to help the people on small cities with technology that is important for agriculture.
Furthermore, if you live in a large city you will study in an important school or university.Taking everything into account there are very interesting and necessary things to live in a large city, because you can develop into a better person and have a better life, having more money, knowing more people and having more opportunities to succeed.

By
Catalina Delgado

Australia vs Colombia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by indigenous Australians.After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and then European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606,the eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, commencing on 26 January 1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established during the 19th century.
History
The first human habitation of Australia is estimated to have occurred between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. These first Australians were possibly the ancestors of the current Indigenous Australians; they may have arrived via land bridges and short sea-crossings from present-day South-East Asia. Most of these people were hunter-gatherers, with a complex oral culture and spiritual values based on reverence for the land and a belief in the Dreamtime. The Torres Strait Islanders, ethnically Melanesian, inhabited the Torres Strait Islands and parts of far-north Queensland; their cultural practices were and remain distinct from those of the Aborigines.
The first recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland was made by the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, who sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606. During the 17th century, the Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines of what they called New Holland, but they made no attempt at settlement. In 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain. The expedition's discoveries provided impetus for the establishment of a penal colony there.

Sports
The principal sports in Australia are:
Baseball
Basketball
Cricket
Cycling
Golf
Hockey
Horse racing
Motorsport
Netball
Rugby league
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Food

Australian cuisine has the most diverse range, quality, and inventiveness than many others in the world. However, it took Australia some time to evolve from the scenes of meat pies, Vegemite sandwiches, and sausage rolls to the scene of dishes such as "seared kangaroo fillet with wilted beetroot greens and roasted onions". The culinary art of Australia only luxuriated in the 1990s. But at that time, it was already considered the most adventurous in the world. Each capital city has seen a swarm of new restaurants within the genre 'Modern Australia' cuisine, with inventive chefs at the helm and an audience of willing hedonists at the ready. This culinary reawakening is due to two factors: the wealth of superlative Australian produce, including native food, and the plethora of international cuisine brought to Australia by its immigrants from all over the world.
Colombia
Colombia officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located in Northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea; to the north-west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Geography and climate
Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth-largest country in South America. Located in the northwestern region of South America, it is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the North by the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea; to the north-west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Besides the countries in South America, the Republic of Colombia is recognized to share maritime borders with the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Colombia has more physical diversity packed into its borders than any other area of comparable size in Latin America. Colombia has the highest diversity of birds and amphibians of any country on earth, with 1,815 species and 583 species, respectively, known to date. The country is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region of the world subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
The climate of Colombia is determined by its proximity to the Earth's Equator predominating a tropical and isothermal climate, presenting variations within five natural regions and depending on the altitude; determined by mountain climate, temperature, humidity, and winds; influenced by the trade winds and precipitation which is influenced by the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Colombia is also affected by the effects of the El Niño and La Niña.
Temperatures generally decrease about 3.5 °F (2 °C) for every 1,000-foot (300-m) increase in altitude above sea level, presenting perpetual snowy peaks to lower hot lands. Rainfall varies by location and is present in two seasons (two dry and two rainy) in Colombia presenting one of the highest rainfalls in the world in the Pacific region. Rainfall in parts of the Guajira Peninsula seldom exceeds 30 in (75 cm) per year. Colombia's rainy southeast, however, is often drenched by more than 200 in (500 cm) of rain per year. Rainfall in most of the rest of the country runs between these two extremes.
Culture
Colombian culture lies at the crossroads of Latin America, and is distinguished by having a very multicultural society. European, African, Native American, American, Middle Eastern, and other Latin American cultural influences such as Mexico and the Caribbean are all felt in Colombia's modern culture. Due to Colombia's geography and years of social and political instability, Colombian culture has been heavily fragmented into five major cultural regions which also correspond to Colombian natural regions. Urban migration, industrialization, globalization, and other political, social and economic issues have altered the Colombian lifestyle throughout the years.
Inherited from colonial times, Colombia maintains its large base of Roman Catholic traditions which largely influence and unite its multicultural society. The mixing of various different ethnic traditions is reflected in Colombia's music and dance. The most well-known genres of music in Colombia are cumbia and vallenato, the latter being strongly influenced by global pop culture.
Sports
Tennis
Soccer
Tejo
Rana
Basketball
Volleyball
Bowling
Cycling

Comparison
Australia is a beautiful country, its people have a good quality of life and is very friendly. It is one of the biggest countries and famous countries among others, moreover, its landscapes are very wonderful. In short, Australia is the first country in natural recourses.
In contrast, Colombia is the third country in natural recourses, even though, if Colombia has as well Australia fantastic landscapes and water sources, in Colombia there are more poverty, I think this is the principal different between these two countries.
To conclude, I invite you to visit Australia or Colombia. However, how I live in Colombia, I prefer that you come here in order to meet and know more about this beautiful country.


By
Tatiana Andrea Granados